According to an op-ed by constitutional law scholar Jonathan Turley, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre may have made a “breathtaking mistake” that could land Joe Biden in hot water. Now, wouldn’t that be something?
The whole drama unfolded during a midday press conference held by Hunter Biden on the Senate side of the Capitol. During this conference, young Biden announced his intent to flout a subpoena issued by the House Committee on Oversight. When asked about this, Jean-Pierre told reporters that the president was “certainly familiar with what his son was going to say.”
Now, this is where it gets interesting. According to Turley, this statement suggests that the president spoke with his son before this act of contempt and discussed his statement. If true, this could potentially add an additional charge of obstruction to four others Turley already described in Congressional testimony and an op-ed for The Hill. These include bribery, conspiracy, and abuse of power.
Turley points out that President Biden has enlisted White House staff to actively push challenged accounts of his conduct and attack the House Republicans’ investigative process. Such acts could legally bootstrap prior misconduct into his presidency under abuse-of-power allegations.
So, what does this mean for Biden? Well, if these allegations are true, he could be in serious legal trouble. As Turley puts it, “If Joe Biden did confer with Hunter on defying Congress, it was a breathtaking mistake. Obstruction is a potential article of impeachment.”
And let’s not forget about independent journalist ‘amuse,’ who concurred with Turley’s assertions, saying, “There is evidence that Joe Biden and Eric Swalwell obstructed Congress by conferring with Hunter regarding his decision to ignore a congressional subpoena to prevent committee lawyers from gathering testimony about his influence peddling.”
If the law is applied as it has been to the likes of Steve Bannon, Hunter could be indicted within a matter of weeks. And as for Biden, well, let’s just say things could get very interesting.